The Harvard Journal of Law and Technology welcomes submissions for our next issue, slated for publication next spring. JOLT publishes two issues per year with generally 4–6 articles
per issue; articles are generally 20,000–30,000 words in length,
including footnotes.
Submissions are open on Scholastica, and more information about our review process, topics of interest, and formatting requirements are available on our Scholastica page and on our website.
JOLT has published and is interested in publishing articles in:
- The law and policy of information technologies, including artificial intelligence, social media, the internet, telecommunications, and big data
- The law and policy of biotechnology and healthcare
- Cybercrime and cybersecurity policy
- Energy law and policy, including green energy and cleantech
- Space law and policy
- Privacy law and policy
- Industrial policy and national security policy
- The impact of emerging technologies on legal doctrine, practice, and ethics
- Intellectual property law, including patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret
- Empirical legal work (quantitative or qualitative) addressing questions of interest in law and technology
The above list is illustrative but not exhaustive, and we define law and technology broadly. We publish across legal fields, including but not limited to intellectual property law, regulation and administrative law, criminal law, tort law, contracts, Constitutional law, employment law, and procedure. We also publish articles adopting a variety of methods, including but not limited to doctrinal analysis, qualitative interviews, and quantitative empirical work.
We primarily publish articles that focus on the law of the United States, though we also welcome scholarship on issues of international scope and importance.